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i think he should give it away for charity reasons...

me, i am a poor guy and would ultimatly qualify for that prospect...^^

vik

Second cast removed this morning, the front section cast nicely, a few points I'll need to attend to by cutting some extra vents - the torso and legs cast pretty poorly - but I believe this can be remedied by adding some more vents to relieve a few major spots where the resin cannot get to because of air. It would be great to vacuum the resin first, then let it cure in a pressure chamber, but hey... no access to such tools at the moment.



Flash is still an issue but I think I can get a better clamp on the mold next go around, which will hopefully be tomorrow.

"Is it live or is it Memorex?" The Green meets the Gray (I gave a rough spray prime to see the detail and faults)


This second cast has shown where work need be done on venting the mold. Next cast will be done after those extra vents are cut. I'm very excited because I foresee painting these guys up in the near future.

Still looks good, still impressed by how much detail the casts picked up, still eagerly watching

yeah it looks good - can I persuade you to de-flash one and put it together to see what it looks like?

seeing these new cast a question erupted from the bubbly soup thats usually my mind...: how many casts will you be able to do with one mold? is there a limit to it?... i guess there will be, so if your answer is yes indeed, what will you do to get around these limitations?

by the way regardless of flashes i love the model, will look astounding when paintet mate!

vik

Looks great. is the resin brittle like the forge world stuff ?

I would say it's pretty good cuality on those!

Yeah, that's an excellent idea: I should cut the flash off and assemble one of the sets, and just stick GS in to make up for whatever detail was lost from the cast. I'll try to do that, it'll certainly be a customized version.

The silicon molds definitely have a lifespan, though it depends on what the casting material is. The curing action of the resin really hammers the walls of the mold and the rubber starts to discolor, although I've never had a mold really give out on me because I've never done enough casts to test it.

This is not really a problem because duplicate molds can be made, I think someone here on Dakka posted a quick way to make duplicate molds from existing molds, I'll try to find it and post it in here.

And yes - this resin is a brittle substance once it's properly cured, which can be good, but on larger projects I would reinforce pieces by casting in metal bars or wires. On this project it's so small that there is no weight or strength issues with the resin.

ARe Ambulls solitary creatures? If not you should make up a squad of them and make rules for use in 40k.

Still watching, still impressed. Showing this thread to a friend of mine that is talking about casting.

Wow so very good! I must say that I now want to start casting things myself haha

A few pages back I posted info on them.


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"Ambull Smach!!"

My Ambulls will definitely be herd creatures, an excuse to cast and paint up a bunch of them.

I have cut the extra vents into the mold and I believe it will make a big difference, I'm excited about getting another pour in there. Pics very soon.

holy awesome sauce! amazing work! prey tell if/when will these be available for sale?

Feels like it's been ages: I got a decent pour in tonight, will let it cure and see how the additional vents serve the final cast. I'm going to see about getting some cast in metal, pewter may be the only available possibility at the moment. This would of course be done by another party, hired for the cause. Not too sure I like the idea of painting on pewter, but I suppose once it's got a decent coat of primer it is what it is.

OOO exciting - be sure to let us know how it goes.

A few pages ago I mentioned a WFRP adventure in WD featuring an Ambull.

Managed to track it down (WD108), and took these pics, hope you enjoy them

WWWOOOAAAA!!!!

Nice one Slinky, can we have a close up of the stats?
G'luck with the next cast Ambull.

-Alex

CBA to get the camera out again, but the stats are:

M 6
WS 50
BS -
S 5
T 5
W 18
I 50
A 3
Dex 20
Ld 43
Int 14
Cl 43
WP43
Fel 20
Align Neutral

Of course, these are WFRP stats rather than WFB

Yeah, pretty cool tho...

looks like the ambull is in fact a living artefact...

Note that it mentions that they live in family groups, so a "herd" is go!

Cool stuff. good post thanks

Slinky - you are Lord of the Records: that is an incredible document - thank you so much for posting it!

Well I found that I need some more venting of the upper areas of the mold, so I'm going to try to do another shot today.
The mold behaved well but air is still getting trapped, every cast is an indicator that helps me figure how to get the best results

I anticipate meeting next week with the person who can do legitimate vulcanized rubber molds and pewter casts, possibly another metal, we'll see.

Three things:
Awesome find, Slinky!

Someone needs to grab a dusty copy of WH40K and turn to page 207.

And... How absurd is old school GW? "...if you don't have this book, why not?"

Well as it happens

Slinky for the win! Man, you are on top of things. I like it.

Although, now I'm interested in the Carnivorous Sand Clam.

Canivorous sand clam chowder...

thats sounding a lot like somekind of meal to me...?

Nice, can you give us the page on crawlers, and maybe the next page about the Carnivorous sand clam?

Man some of those old books are exiting O.o

-Alex


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Meh, why not just take a picture of every page, LOL!


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Looks like the sand clam is like a immobile trap.

M-0
WS-6
BS-0
S-4
T-4
W-1
I-3
A-1

It cant rout or lose its cool or anything.